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British embassy in Ukrainian capital will reopen next week, says Boris Johnson

British embassy in Ukrainian capital will reopen next week, says Boris Johnson

-- 2022-04-22 20:17:45

The British embassy in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv will reopen next week, Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced. British Ambassador Melinda Simmons said she was "heading back" aft...

Britain, India free trade deal likely by October

Britain, India free trade deal likely by October

-- 2022-04-22 19:44:24

Britain and India agreed on Friday to step up defence and business cooperation during a visit to New Delhi by Boris Johnson, who said a bilateral free-trade deal could be wrapped up by October. On hi...

North Korea's Kim offers rare praise for South's outgoing president

North Korea's Kim offers rare praise for South's outgoing president

-- 2022-04-22 17:06:53

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has thanked South Korea's outgoing president for trying to improve relations, a rare gesture of goodwill but one that analysts said may not be enough to head off growin...

Organization of American States suspends Russia as permanent observer

Organization of American States suspends Russia as permanent observer

-- 2022-04-22 16:34:12

The Organization of American States (OAS) has suspended Russia as a permanent observer in the inter-governmental institution. The OAS adopted a resolution over Moscow's military actions in Ukraine, r...

Russia plans to take full control of Donbas, southern Ukraine

Russia plans to take full control of Donbas, southern Ukraine

-- 2022-04-22 16:10:31

Russia plans to take full control of Donbas and southern Ukraine as part of the second phase of its military operation, the deputy commander of Russia's central military district said on Friday, the I...

Former Honduras president extradited to US

Former Honduras president extradited to US

-- 2022-04-22 13:18:27

The US government on Thursday unveiled charges against former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez of participating in a cocaine-importation conspiracy and related firearms offences, and he was e...

Two militants, soldier killed in gunfight near Jammu ahead of Modi's visit

Two militants, soldier killed in gunfight near Jammu ahead of Modi's visit

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-22 12:33:51

Two suspected terrorists and a security force member have been killed in India’s Jammu when a fierce gun battle erupted between the militants and a bus carrying 15 law enforcers. The incident o...

No let-up in Shanghai's Covid lockdown

No let-up in Shanghai's Covid lockdown

-- 2022-04-22 12:07:37

Shanghai authorities doubled down on their offensive against CovidD-19 on Friday, launching a new round of city-wide testing and warning residents their three-week lockdown would only be lifted in bat...

Zelenskyy gets John F Kennedy award for defending democracy

Zelenskyy gets John F Kennedy award for defending democracy

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-22 11:16:58

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is among five people named Thursday as recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for acting to protect democracy. Zelenskyy was chosen because...

India condemns US lawmaker's Kasmir visit   

India condemns US lawmaker's Kasmir visit  

-- 2022-04-21 20:24:40

India has condemned a prominent US lawmaker's visit to Pakistan-administered Kashmir. US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is currently on a four-day tour of neighbouring Pakistan. She has already called on P...

Vladimir Putin claims victory in Mariupol

Vladimir Putin claims victory in Mariupol

-- 2022-04-21 19:38:01

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the biggest battle of the Ukraine war on Thursday, declaring the port of Mariupol "liberated" after nearly two months of siege, despite hundreds of...

Geoengineering could put 1.0b people at risk of malaria: study

Geoengineering could put 1.0b people at risk of malaria: study

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-21 17:55:08

Geoengineering the environment would have massive repercussions for the health of billions in tropical regions with malaria, said a new study published on Thursday. Scientists from icddr,b and other...

G20 members condemn Russia's war in Ukraine

G20 members condemn Russia's war in Ukraine

-- 2022-04-21 12:15:45

Top officials from Britain, the United States and Canada walked out on Russia's representatives at a Group of 20 meeting on Wednesday and many members spoke to condemn Moscow's war in Ukraine, exposin...

Queen Elizabeth II privately marks her 96th birthday

Queen Elizabeth II privately marks her 96th birthday

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-21 11:35:56

Queen Elizabeth II is marking her 96th birthday privately on Thursday, retreating to the Sandringham estate in eastern England that has offered the monarch and her late husband, Prince Philip, a refug...

Xi pushes back on sanctions, de-coupling

Xi pushes back on sanctions, de-coupling

-- 2022-04-21 10:36:39

Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated China's opposition to unilateral sanctions and "long-arm jurisdiction" in a speech on Thursday, without directly mentioning the West's punitive actions against...

Ukraine offers to hold Mariupol talks with Russia

Ukraine offers to hold Mariupol talks with Russia

-- 2022-04-21 09:23:48

Senior Ukrainian negotiators on Wednesday offered to hold special talks with Russia in Mariupol without conditions in a bid to evacuate troops and civilians from the besieged port city, reports Reuter...

Britain's financial watchdog sets target of 40pc women on company boards

Britain's financial watchdog sets target of 40pc women on company boards

-- 2022-04-20 23:04:11

Britain's financial watchdog on Wednesday set diversity targets for listed companies, including that 40 per cent of boards should be women. The Financial Conduct Authority said companies will have to...

Russia tests nuclear-capable ballistic missile

Russia tests nuclear-capable ballistic missile

-- 2022-04-20 22:04:39

Russia said on Wednesday it had test launched its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, a new addition to its nuclear arsenal which President Vladimir Putin said would give Moscow's enemies somet...

New Delhi makes wearing of masks compulsory again

New Delhi makes wearing of masks compulsory again

-- 2022-04-20 21:12:20

India’s New Delhi authorities on Wednesday made the wearing of masks compulsory again after COVID-19 infections rose in the Indian capital in recent days. "In view of the rise in Covid-19 posit...

Italy plans to turn down air conditioning to save energy

Italy plans to turn down air conditioning to save energy

-- 2022-04-20 20:40:24

Italians could face a long hot summer with the air conditioning turned down in public offices and buildings as the government seeks to reduce its reliance on Russian gas supplies. Air conditioning sy...

Pakistan to cut expenditures, development funds to revive IMF programme

Pakistan to cut expenditures, development funds to revive IMF programme

-- 2022-04-20 19:47:23

Pakistan’s Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Wednesday said their country will need to cut expenditures and development funds to try and revive an International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme. "...

Assange's extradition to US moves a step closer

Assange's extradition to US moves a step closer

-- 2022-04-20 17:15:40

A British judge on Wednesday sent the case of Julian Assange to interior minister Priti Patel who will decide whether the WikiLeaks founder should be extradited to the United States over the release o...

Taiwan TV station apologises after mistakenly reporting Chinese attack

Taiwan TV station apologises after mistakenly reporting Chinese attack

-- 2022-04-20 16:55:11

A Taiwan government-backed television station apologised and urged people not to panic on Wednesday after mistakenly reporting a Chinese attack in Taipei, amid rising military tensions with Beijing....

More than five million people fled Ukraine: UNHCR

More than five million people fled Ukraine: UNHCR

-- 2022-04-20 16:44:36

The number of Ukrainians fleeing abroad since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb 24 is now 5,010,971, the United Nations' Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday, according to Reuters. 

Six Rohingya dead, hundreds flee after riot at Malaysian detention camp

Six Rohingya dead, hundreds flee after riot at Malaysian detention camp

-- 2022-04-20 14:56:31

Six Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, including two children, have died after being hit by vehicles on a Malaysian highway as hundreds fled an immigration detention centre where a riot broke out early o...

Nigeria market blast leaves three dead, 19 injured

Nigeria market blast leaves three dead, 19 injured

-- 2022-04-20 14:29:27

Three people were killed and 19 injured after an explosion at a crowded market in Nigeria's Taraba state in the east of the country, local police said on Wednesday. Nigeria is plagued by insecurity a...

India's Supreme Court stays demolition of shops in sensitive area of New Delhi

India's Supreme Court stays demolition of shops in sensitive area of New Delhi

-- 2022-04-20 14:12:34

India's Supreme Court stayed demolition of small, illegal retail shops in the wake of communal violence in New Delhi, shortly after civil authorities began tearing down the structures under protection...

Pakistan's new PM picks coalition cabinet after Khan ousted

Pakistan's new PM picks coalition cabinet after Khan ousted

-- 2022-04-20 12:35:35

New Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday appointed a multi-party coalition cabinet made up of what had previously been political rivals in opposition who united to oust Imran Khan, Reute...

US forgives 40,000 student loans, provides aid to 3.6 million more

US forgives 40,000 student loans, provides aid to 3.6 million more

-- 2022-04-20 11:29:49

The US Department of Education has canceled student loan debt for 40,000 people and offered credits to help another 3.6 million pay off their loans under a plan announced on Tuesday designed to aid lo...

Canada imposes sanctions on Putin's daughters

Canada imposes sanctions on Putin's daughters

-- 2022-04-20 11:13:35

Canada on Tuesday said it was imposing targeted sanctions on 14 individuals in the Russian regime, including on Russian President Vladimir Putin's two adult daughters, according to a statement from th...